Vehicle-drag.



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Patented july I5a i902. S. S. STANLEY.

` VEHICLE DRAG.`

(Apphcatxon bled Apr 7 1902 ....num

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@XN hmmm formed with a hook UNITED STATES PATENT Ormes.

'sIMoN s. STANLEY, oF TYRONE,-PENNSYLVANIA.

` VEHIC Lia-DRAG.

SPE-,GIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,976, dated July 15, QO. Appucnqn mea April f1, 1902. serai No. 101,806. me mau.)

To all zsh/m, it magi/concern; p `,Be it known that I, SIMON S.STANLEY, a citi'- zen of the United States, residing at Tyrone,

in the county of Blairand Stateof Pennsylvania, have inventedl certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Drags; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, 'and exact description of'the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsV to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a vehicle-drag. The object of the invention is to-provide a drag of thischaracter by means of which sluing of the vehicle when snow and ice are upon the ground is entirely prevented and its slipping movement downhill ble for use in the summer, when the ground is uncovered with snow and sleet.

With the above and other objects in view,

`which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, said invention consists in certain novel features. of construction and combination and arrange' ment of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, defined in. the appended claim, and illustrated in` the accompanying drawings, in which-A Figure 1 isa perspective view of ak section of 'a vehicle-wheel, illustrating the applica' tion of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through the same I parts, the checkingdevice being shown adjusted to project below the side pieces of the drag, and thus retard or check the movement of the vehicle downgrade. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, the checking device being removed, illustrating the application of the invention for use onroads not covered with ice and sleet, or, in other words, for summer use.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the side pieces of the drag arranged parallel and 'having pointed forward ends 2, sharpened lower edges 3,and dull or blunt upper edges 4. These side pieces are connected by bolts 5, which pass through spacing-sleeves 6 and are pro= vided with nuts 7 for clamping the side pieces of the drag The forward sleeve may be provided or 8, which may be con intermediate firmly to theends of the sleeves.

nected by a cnam 9 to the forwardfaxle of the vehicle. f

10 denotes a checking device which is carried by or formed integral with the intermediate sleeve and consists of a hook 11, which isadapted to penetrate the snow and ice and prevent the longitudinal slipping of the ve down grades. The depth of hicle lin going penetration of this hook is limited by theinte'rmediate bolt and nut. This is accomplished by adjusting the free end offthehook to the position desired and then rm'ly clampingthe intermediate nut which binds the intermediate sleeve tightly against the inner faces of the side pieces of the drag and holds the. hook in the desired adjustment. It is evident that when the wheel is engaged'be tween the side pieces of the ldrag and Athe lower sharpened edges are used to prevent .sluing of the vehicle these edges will cut through snow and ice, and thug check .Side wise movement of the vehicle when being drawn along roads having a side pitch.

In the summer or those seasons of the year l when there is neither ice nor snow the blunt or dull edges of the side pieces will be brought .into action and will prevent the sluing of the vehicle. When the device is used in this manner, it is of course understood that the bolt and nut are removed and the checking device removed from between the side pieces, or, if desired, the checking device maybe reversed, so that its free or pointed end will act in conjunction with the blunt or dull edges of` the side pieces in the same manner as the sharp edges. y

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thoughtV that the construction, operation,

they did in connection with resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, whatI and advantages of my improvedv vehi cle-drag will be readily apparent without re IOO claim as new, and desire -to secure by Letters Patenti iS-i 2 l relieve A Vehicle-drag comprising parallel plates to said sleeves and te hold the hook in its adthe lower edges of which are sharpened and jueted position, substantially as set forth. the upper edges of which are arranged. in a in testimony whereof I have hereunto set horizontal plane throughout their entire my lia-nd in presence of tWo subscribing Wit-l 5 lengths, said plates being pointed at one end, messes. v

sleeves located between the platesa cheeku d ing d`evice in the form of a hook iliade intes' s' STANLEY gral With-one of said sleeves and bolts passed Witnesses: through said sleeves and provided with nuts, R. J. GOODALL, xo the nuts being adapted to elanin the plates JAS. T. OWENS. 

